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Welcome to Bucerius Kunst Forum’s New Exhibit, Running February 6, 2016 to May 16, 2016 The window motif can be found throughout Picasso’s entire body of work. Windows represented much more than simple everyday objects. A window addresses the issue of visualization, and for Picasso it symbolized painting itself. It invokes the studio as a Read More

The ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius’ new program WEICHENSTELLUNG (“setting the course”) will receive EUR 1 million from the German Ministry of Family Affairs to support the integration of immigrant children into German society. Under the program “Menschen stärken Menschen” (“people strengthen people”), the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs has granted the ZEIT-Stiftung 1 million Read More

Beijing reacts with helpless anger to North Korea’s new nuclear test. How long can China stand by and watch Kim Jong-un’s nuclear megalomania? By Matthias Nass It was probably not a hydrogen bomb that North Korea tested on January 6th; the force of the subterranean explosion was too weak. Instead, Dictator Kim Jong-un is alleged Read More

On December 14th, American Friends of Bucerius co-sponsored the program “Lessons from Afar: Europe’s Approach to Energy Policy”. Held by the NYU School of Law, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, and the Urban Green Council, the event was also sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Read More

Bucerius Law School recognizes that international experience is a pre-requisite for success among today’s graduates, but that longer term studies abroad are not feasible for everyone. To remedy this problem, Bucerius offers three-week summer programming in addition to its semester exchange and one-year graduate degree. The intensive English-taught courses of study enable participants to expand Read More

On January 12th, 2016 Theo Sommer, Editor-at-Large for DIE ZEIT, spoke to American Friends of Bucerius and American Council on Germany program alumni. Below is a transcript of his speech as originally written. All opinions expressed belong to the author, and do not reflect the values or opinions of the Bucerius family of institutions. Forty-five Read More

Did you miss the program in DC? You can watch the video now! Click here (note: you will be taken to an external website). Welcoming Remarks Karen Donfried, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Panel Discussants Henry Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Theo Sommer, Former Editor and Read More

Listen to an interview with Kemal Kirisci, TÜSİAD Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on the United States and Europe’s Turkey Project at Brookings Institution. Topics covered during his conversation with Melis Tusiray, Director of Programs at American Friends of Bucerius, include Turkey’s ongoing conflict with Russia, the latest developments in the Syrian Refugee Crisis, and the Read More

Rethinking energy policy approaches We like to say that conversations about energy security, whether in the US or Europe, are constantly evolving. But I am not convinced that the continuous shift in focus, whether it is reducing imports, increasing generation, or integrating markets, constitutes an evolutionary thought process. Instead I believe that this is a Read More

France is Germany’s closest ally. Not to stand by it would undermine the foundations of the European Union. By Matthias Nass Happy are those people who have a quick and easy answer for everything. Who know, for example, that the “Islamic State” can only be overcome by war. Or those who are adamant that Germany Read More